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| Sumanth Sharma 2004-04-27, 5:01 am |
| Hi All,
Can some list some points where perl really stands out from other
languages.
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| Randy W. Sims 2004-04-27, 5:01 am |
| Sumanth Sharma wrote:
> Hi All,
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> Can some list some points where perl really stands out from other
> languages.
erm, pick any perl (or python, or ruby, or ...) group and search the
archives. This question has been asked in many forms in many places. The
only place major differences are CPAN and community. Ruby is
syntactically similar, but with a cleaner object model. Python & Java
have large libraries, but probably not equal to CPAN. Pick a language,
any language. As long as it has the features you need for a particular
task, it's perfect for that task. Actually, don't pick one language,
pick a dozen.
Randy.
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| Sumanth,
Randy's response to your question ("...why perl?") is probably right on the
money. In essence, you try to pick the right tool for the job and as perl
has often been described as a "Swiss Army Chainsaw" of a programming
language, you'd do well to look into it for your project.
On a sociological note, though, you get points for the way you've asked this
question. You did it in one of the best manners possible. However, don't be
surprised at some of the enthusiasm you get back in some of the answers.
Remember, one of the best ways to start a knock-down, drag-out,
no-holds-barred, bar room brawl is to assert, amongst a group of
programmers, "*My* programming language is *THE* best..." (Hey, I wandered
into perl from a PL/1 background...so I know its good -- its much like a
comfy old shoe. <g> )
John --
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Randy W. Sims [mailto:ml-perl@thepierianspring.org]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2004 2:30 AM
> To: Sumanth Sharma
> Cc: beginners@perl.org
> Subject: Re: Why Perl
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> Sumanth Sharma wrote:
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> erm, pick any perl (or python, or ruby, or ...) group and search the
> archives. This question has been asked in many forms in many places. The
> only place major differences are CPAN and community. Ruby is
> syntactically similar, but with a cleaner object model. Python & Java
> have large libraries, but probably not equal to CPAN. Pick a language,
> any language. As long as it has the features you need for a particular
> task, it's perfect for that task. Actually, don't pick one language,
> pick a dozen.
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> Randy.
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| At 10:52 AM 4/27/04 +0530, you wrote:
>Hi All,
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> Can some list some points where perl really stands out from other
>languages.
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Because it thinks like I do....
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| Stephan Hochhaus 2004-04-28, 7:30 am |
| Hi Brent and all,
> well wort it, I i was quite  to see how PHP performed
> http://www.bagley.org/~doug/shootout/index2.shtml
Hmm, the index.html pages states, that the last update to the results
was performed in 2001. I might think PHP is by now a little more mature
(=faster). I wouldn't be too sure about the relevance for PHP 4.3.6 and
Perl 5.8.4 (or even earlier versions).
Stephan
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